بغدان

Arabic

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بغدان (boğdan, buğdan), from Bogdan I of Moldavia, founder of a dynasty, from Proto-Slavic *Bogъdanъ.

Proper noun

بُغْدَان • (buḡdān) ?

  1. (historical) Moldavia, Bogdania (a country in Europe)

Declension

Declension of noun بُغْدَان (buḡdān)
singular basic singular diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal — بُغْدَان
buḡdān 		—
nominative — بُغْدَانُ
buḡdānu 		—
accusative — بُغْدَانَ
buḡdāna 		—
genitive — بُغْدَانَ
buḡdāna 		—

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Bogdan I of Moldavia, founder of a dynasty, from Proto-Slavic *Bogъdanъ.

Noun

بغدان • (boğdan, buğdan)

  1. Moldavia, Bogdania

Derived terms

  • بغدانلو (boğdanlı, buğdanlı, boğdanlü, buğdanlü, “Moldavian, Bogdanian”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Boğdan
  • → Arabic: بُغْدَان (buḡdān)
  • → Armenian: Պուղտան (Puġtan)

References

  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بغدان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎[1], Vienna, column 851
  • Zenker, Julius Theodor (1866) “بغدان”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 1 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 202
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